A 50-year-old man was found dead at a friend's house after taking a mix of prescribed and non-prescribed drugs, along with two bottles of wine, an inquest heard.

Jonathan Earl, who was described as a "really nice, caring man", was found by a close friend, Andrew Lumley-Harvatt, at an address in Peverell, on June 2, 2017.

The inquest heard how the two had spent the night drinking to celebrate capturing footage of an epileptic fit that Andrew had, which had not been caught on video before, and was needed to help with further diagnosis.

Jonathan was on a lot of prescribed medication at the time, but was also found to have "potentially lethal" levels of morphine in his system, which was never prescribed to him. He was also found with traces of alcohol in his urine.

Jonathan suffered from pulmonary edema, arthritis, schizophrenia, probable COPD with possible asthmatic elements and a history of depression and anxiety- which meant he was taking a number of medications, including, tramadol, benzodiazepine, diazepam and paracetamol.

Assistant Coroner, Stephen Covell, read out a statement from pathologist, Dr P Malcolm, who said he believed that it was likely "that Mr Earl died of multiple drug toxicity".

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Robert said his son "had a close group of friends" but suffered from "schizo-paranoia" and had episodes where he "was convinced people were chasing him".

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Andrew, said he was not aware of Jonathan's "mental breakdown".

Andrew spent the evening with Jonathan on the night he died and told the inquest that he and Jonathan bought two bottles of wine, a bottle of whisky and a couple of beers, but than Jonathan "stuck to wine" and they "got absolutely hammered".

During the night, Jonathan, who Andrew described acted like his carer, sat at the end of his friends bed and chatted to him until 3am, making sure he was okay after a second seizure.

Andrew said goodnight to Jonathan on June 2, 2017 at 3am in the morning, and when he woke between 6am and 6.30am he "knew something was very, very wrong".

Andrew told the inquest that he "went into shock and smoked a cigarette" then called an ambulance.

Assistant Coroner, Stephen Covell, recorded a conclusion of a drug related death.

The Coroner said: "An important part of his life was his friendship with Mr Lumley-Harvatt.

"Part of that life included consuming a regular amount of alcohol on a regular basis and that was the way he chose to spend his time."